I’ve suggested several times that I’d be willing to look at updating ABC (yes, under NDA…I do realise that ☺) to do some of the more “modern” stuff (like GCOL r,g,b!) but never had any follow through…
Here’s hoping, again… (^_^)

LOCAL? I don’t know. ABC is a pretty comprehensive compiler, yet it does not do this. I can only imagine there are “technical reasons”.

etc. etc.?

Nobody mention EVAL. ;-)

It would, however, be nice to have a compiler that doesn’t choke on “new” features present in versions of BASIC that are twenty three years old (yes, the RiscPC was released in 1994! Do you feel as old as I do reading that?!).